the L T niversity of Padua, where he occupies an enorl110US and Ï111posing I1lt'dicval office. He is a man in his si \. tit's, with a h UI11orous face înd a fondness for extreI11ely natt, dre s, and he is obviously a keen thinker. He took great pains to explain to I11e the problenls posed by the Venetian lagoon, and reI11inded I11e that it was he who had proposed the falllous scale l11odeJ. Just where, I asked, did he suppose the 1110ney for it was? The Rettore Magnifico didn't know. IJ'ike qUIte a few other people, he suspected the hureaucrats of holding it up. After all, it wasn't hIs responsibility. It was possible, he conceded, that the ne", Malanlocco canal would change the tidal equilibriuI11 in the lagoon, but not, he thought, to any catastrophic extent. He did not think that the new canal was in any way responsible for the re- 'ç cent acqua alta. "\Ve I11USt treat Ven- ict' as a doctor tl eats a sick patient," he J said. "'rhe situation is not grave at present. If in the future it hecol11es grave, there are several reI11edies that we can apply. We can close the lllouths of the lagoon in tÏt11e of danger. \Ve can build long dikes across the lagoon fro111 the I11ainland to the Lido, cutting off the Venetian part of the lagoon frolll the rest. Of course, it would be very convenient to put autol11obile roads on top of these dikes and allow the1l1 to serVe parts of the city." And what about the damage caused by air poHution "It is, without doubt, a real proble1l1. I'he statuary is tlU ning to dust. 'rhe only possible rel1ledy is the installation of sl110ke filters in the fac- tories on the I11ainland." I left the }{ettore Magnifico's office with a few douhts. SI110ke filters are more often talked ahout than huilt I NGEGNER ALBERTO TONLOLO, Cap- tain of the Port of Venice, proved to lean toward Venezia Viva's position. He scoffed at Count Marce]Jo's and })r. Valcanover's idea that air pollu- tion in cOI11bination with salt water was daI11aging Venetian l11onUI11ents. Vene- tian l11onlUllents, in his opinion, had been falling apart for centuries. He was in favor of the Metropolitana. He was also in favor of an autol11ohile road that would COI11e down the lagoon's north- ern sandhar, cut across the island of Sant' ErasI11o, and stop at the island of Certosa, where motels and garages could be built. .l\ short trip by traghetto would take visitors to Venice proper. He felt that the one city in the world that has no autol11obile traffic should be left that way. TJ " -" V . Ie Blore progressIve eneZI3 165 Wear Bellodgia day and night. Because love comes without warning. '*ii' "::. . r ;,: 4, ".;:.' :S .. !:" :<;::: . IIh , /".;" ,;t t . !/ 'P \.. 7 ... . . . , -'. -".W ij """f.., Y". .: .;.. --::. .,.;. ... . :::.":. ( "> i: d; ,', ""'. " :?'!' . ..". .... ;-:::::: ."<!- '," '>,> ,,?, . 1< " . Y ð * ,. ' }- . '{á.:, '. . }. :::j::: ". =< . , f. <f '-2: . '*' ::--^- - "^"" :':':':'. ' .:' '...Jt" ..... . .' *" " ' " .... ,ß. t:- , ' ,... . , " ^ ' '\. : '. .. ... ..... ...a:c '"' ..ft:.,. .;.' ":: " ' >J': ... ß {".. ., "'..... . .;.: -:.:.:. ,,,., , " "\. t:. . 8 " ,,>> ð ' .,:,., Y/' .:::*>> > 4 {, ^ ",: 't.-. ": .: * 1'þ ,," ".';::':',. ,""'''' ,.., , "'" . " ,.... '.. """ .' . JØ ;" . .-'i, .i'x.\. .... """ ,.. -;,, ) tfU."*- ,+ ,v þ .:Á Bellodgia by CARC)N . ... ";il :% ' ": :K .:.' .j!\< +:. 3:> ",' ". ..: . . .... .. .. it' 0< DUSTING POWDER, COLOGNE, EAU DE TOILETTE, PERFUME. EACH FROM $5. We are pleased to announce that in a whispered consultat on between a well... placed gentleman and his wife relative to the sale of certain securities which would defray the cost of a Lou s xv carved beechwood fauteuil wtth padded armrests on voluted supports being offered at public auction at the Par1{e....Bernet Galleries 980 Madison Avenue on Saturday, 7\[ovember 9 the name Hentz came up. H. HEN rZ & CO. 72 WALL STREET- FOUNDED 1856 - MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE: